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KT Partners with Russia’s Yandex on Developing Delivery Robots

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecom operator, said Tuesday it has partnered with an affiliate of Russian tech giant Yandex to jointly develop delivery robots. KT and Yandex Self-Driving Group inked an agreement in Moscow to develop and roll out an autonomous delivery robot within this year and to [...]

Hyundai, Yandex to Test Self-driving Taxis in Russia

SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will test a ‘self-driving robo-taxi’ in Russia it has developed with Russian internet search firm Yandex. Under an initial agreement signed in March, Hyundai and Yandex have developed a driverless riding platform based on Hyundai’s Sonata midsize sedan. They will begin testing 100 [...]